Shamrock Shake Sightings: Now Out in NYC

Difficult and sometimes impossible to find in New York City, McDonald's Shamrock Shake inspires a peculiar cult following. These days, when people finally do get their hands on one they often find it to be more of a sham than anything else. In reality, it's just a vanilla milkshake blended (incompletely) with DayGlo-colored mint syrup. Decidedly artificial, the mint flavor has shades of low-quality, grainy mint chocolate chip ice cream. Still, this limited-time offering gets people excited.

Earlier this afternoon, Carey stumbled upon a Shamrock Shake at the McDonald's on 26th and 8th—and brought one back to the office (with a cherry on top!). Inspired, we placed some phone calls to locations throughout the city to find out just who had the long sought after Shake. After much ado (and after the jump), here's a list of some that do and a couple that don't.